Minnesota Wild

Good afternoon to you, Insiders. Let’s get down to brass tacks.
-The vitals: The Kings took the ice shortly before 10:00 a.m. There were no rushes, because it wasn’t a full morning skate. Jonathan Quick left the ice first and will be projected to start in net against Minnesota (7:30 p.m. / FOX S... Read More

On his emotions to clinching a playoff spot in his first season as head coach:
It was just business as usual, to be honest with you. I was watching the game, and I did watch the St. Louis game. My son’s there. He wasn’t playing, but it’s there, and obviously we have an interest in that game. We ha... Read More

On updates on Jake Muzzin, Derek Forbort and Alex Iafallo:
Muzz is skating right now. Forby, I think probably week-to-week. That’s the type of injury he has – the first few days or the first week is going to tell you where he’s at and see how he responds, but I would say he’s more week-to-week than... Read More

-Christian Folin, playing in his fourth NHL game early in the 2014-15 season, saw an opportunity to set a tone early in a hockey game and ran Anze Kopitar into the boards, shoulder-to-shoulder, in a clean but heavy-handed open-ice hit. Mike Richards then skated half the length of the ice to engage F... Read More

If you base an evaluation of the LA Kings on a cursory glance of the numbers and statistics, they’re awfully healthy. Their offense has improved by nearly half a goal per game. Their goals-against has risen only marginally and has largely withstood the rising tide of power play-boosted offense acros... Read More

-With the win, Los Angeles improved to 28-19-14 all-time against Minnesota, a record that includes a road mark of 13-10-8. 11 of the last 25 games between the teams have been decided in overtime or a shootout. The Wild have points in 19 of the last 23 games between the teams at Xcel Energy Center (1... Read More

Trevor Lewis suffered an upper-body injury during the first period of Los Angeles' 4-3 overtime win over Minnesota and did not return after his final shift 16 minutes into the first period. It was not clear where he had suffered the injury, and during the second period, the team shared that his retu... Read More

Drew Doughty, on grinding out a win:
Yeah, it was a big win. You know we probably didn’t have our best effort. We played good at times, played pretty bad at times too, but we came out with the win. At this time of year it doesn’t really matter how you do it, you’ve just got to win.
Doughty, on... Read More

On an important overtime win:
We had to come back. I mean, that’s a huge two points for us against a team, quite honestly, we’re fighting with for position in the conference. It ebbs and flows, for sure, but I thought the guys showed a lot of professionalism in terms of staying with it. We knew the... Read More